Re: Granted permissions without asking....(solved)

[Dave Walker <carol dave walker gmail com>]

"Have you used your root privs at all this login? It should cache them
for the duration you are logged in (unless you chose to use sudo, in
which case it'll last for 15 minutes).
kk"

 

That was it, of course......Thanks kk.

 

I logged out as user and logged in again. I'll have to remember that! Root password is now required as expected.